Sunday, January 31, 2016

John Lee Hooker, the master of the one-chord boogie and blues music's true crawling king snake, he endured from the 40s right up until the early 2000s. His career never took a backseat in all that time as he made records and toured vitally up until his dying day. No one mastered the style of the primitive core of the blues- sedate, almost-drone like muddy dredge that conjured up old, hard-working days in the Delta and some sort of voodoo conjuring all at once.

Yes like last week, we present to you songs by the numbers on the S&G Podcast, therefore titles and content of the music that describes the system by which we all devise, order and organize: The Numerical one! This here is the 10th episode of 2015 for the Sound & Groove Podcast (that's right, there are a few more ovedue ones after this!). So sit back and soak in another musical journey through yet another themed podcast for your listening enjoyment, the 63rd time I've unleashed this podcast on an unsuspecting public.

If you have been keeping up with S&G on Music of Evan's Mind, there is now a new host for this podcast on www.notthepublicbroadcaster.com. And if you're new to this podcast, here's the breakdown: Every month there will be a theme that the selection of music is centered around. It will be jam packed with my analysis, synopsis, anecdotes and other witticisms you might enjoy while I play edited versions of each tune (to make room for talk and for a good 7-9 songs per 45 minute episode). And not to worry, each month will contain a different theme than the last. Got it? Get it? Good. Happy listening to you all!

All comments, questions and feedback are greatly welcomed and appreciated! I encourage participation. Even though I drain an hour off your life by listening to the podcast then checking through the links, at least you don't have to fork over your money to me... though if you feel like, you know... But in all seriousness, let me now what you'd like to hear or see and I'll consider it. Popular approval doesn't always sway me but having fans or listeners get their input would be just grand!

Monday, January 18, 2016

A true teenage rock idol, Eddie Cochran burst upon the scene as a mere 16-year old and hit rockabilly fame on the charts with "Summertime Blues" in 1957 but before that he'd starred in the rock & roll-centric film The Girl Can't Help It, performing a track on this S&G theme of "By The Numbers" called "Twenty Flight Rock." Lots of classics followed before his career was cut abruptly short as he was killed in a taxi collision touring England in 1960.

Songs with numbers in them can describe humanity and compassion ("One" by U2), exaltation about love to the skies above ("Three Steps To Heaven" by Eddie Cochran) or even a robust but dynamic body ("Three Hundred Pounds Of Joy" by Howlin' Wolf). Ok, none of those are in this episode but the artists that did them are. And hopefully, that gives you sense of what the theme is this time out on Sound & Groove. It's songs by the numbers, therefore titles and content of the music that describes the system by which we all devise, order and organize: The Numerical one! This here is the 9th episode of 2015 for the Sound & Groove Podcast (that's right, there are 4 more ovedue ones after this!).

So sit back and soak in another musical journey through yet another themed podcast for your listening enjoyment, the 62nd time I've unleashed this podcast on an unsuspecting public. If you have been keeping up with S&G on Music of Evan's Mind, there is now a new host for this podcast on www.notthepublicbroadcaster.com. And if you're new to this podcast, here's the breakdown: Every month there will be a theme that the selection of music is centered around. It will be jam packed with my analysis, synopsis, anecdotes and other witticisms you might enjoy while I play edited versions of each tune (to make room for talk and for a good 7-9 songs per 45 minute episode). And not to worry, each month will contain a different theme than the last. Got it? Get it? Good. Happy listening to you all!

All comments, questions and feedback are greatly welcomed and appreciated! I encourage participation. Even though I drain an hour off your life by listening to the podcast then checking through the links, at least you don't have to fork over your money to me... though if you feel like, you know... But in all seriousness, let me now what you'd like to hear or see and I'll consider it. Popular approval doesn't always sway me but having fans or listeners get their input would be just grand!

Monday, January 4, 2016

Lauded to this day as the premier hip-hop DJ/MC duo of the late 80s, early 90s, Eric B. & Rakim combined clear, metaphorical, deep, thoughtful rhymes with a brilliant taste in old funk (namely James Brown) and jazz samples. Never one of the platinum or gold-selling acts even of their genre, they nonetheless influenced scores more future DJs or MCs than most of the chartbusting hip hop acts of that day ever could. They're one of several artists featured in this 2nd part of S&G's name linking theme

Give me an artist and I'll give you someone whose first name starts with the other's last name. Confused yet? It's like six degrees of separation almost. Pick an artist- ie like Billy Joel in this part 2- and then follow it up with Joel Plaskett. Of course this one isn't a continuous chain link but one that just applies to a pairing of songs. And yes that's the theme for the 8th episode of 2015 for the Sound & Groove Podcast (that's right, there are 4 more ovedue ones after this!). So sit back and soak in another musical journey through yet another themed podcast for your listening enjoyment, the 60th time I've unleashed a podcast on the public.

If you have been keeping up with S&G on Music of Evan's Mind, there is now a new host for this podcast on www.notthepublicbroadcaster.com. And if you're new to this podcast, here's the breakdown: Every month there will be a theme that the selection of music is centered around. It will be jam packed with my analysis, synopsis, anecdotes and other witticisms you might enjoy while I play edited versions of each tune (to make room for talk and for a good 7-9 songs per 45 minute episode). And not to worry, each month will contain a different theme than the last. Got it? Get it? Good. Happy listening to you all!

All comments, questions and feedback are greatly welcomed and appreciated! I encourage participation. Even though I drain an hour off your life by listening to the podcast then checking through the links, at least you don't have to fork over your money to me... though if you feel like, you know... But in all seriousness, let me now what you'd like to hear or see and I'll consider it. Popular approval doesn't always sway me but having fans or listeners get their input would be just grand!